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Who invented the alternating current: Tesla or Faraday?

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No single person can be credited with the invention of the alternating current system. Rather, it was the work of multiple people working over many years. A few of the main discoveries are listed below. read more

Then in 1888, both Nikola Tesla and Galileo Ferraris, both working independently, developed induction motors. Finally, alternating current had everything it needed. George Westinghouse licensed Nikola Tesla's alternating current patents and made alternating current the preferred method for the transmission of electricity. read more

Tesla used devices such as these to carry out researches with high frequency alternating current. His discoveries hastened the development of ac induction heating, diathermy, neon and fluorescent lighting, x-ray equipment and techniques, and radio guidance systems, as well as television and radio communications. read more

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